Globalization and Development or Risk Benefit Analysis

Globalization and Development: A Latin American and Caribbean Perspective

Author: Jose Antonio Antonio Ocampo

Globalization and Development draws upon the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region to provide a multidimensional assessment of the globalization process from the perspective of developing countries. Based on a study by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this book gives a historical overview of economic development in the region and presents both an economic and noneconomic agenda that addresses disparity, respects diversity, and fosters complementarity among regional, national, and international institutions.

For orders originating outside of North America, please visit the World Bank website for a list of distributors and geographic discounts at publications.worldbank.org/howtoorder or e-mail pubdistributors@worldbank.org.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Globalization: A Historical, Multidimensional Perspective	1
2	International Trade and the New Global Production Structure	17
3	The International Mobility of Capital and Labor	63
4	Inequalities and Asymmetries in the Global Order	99
5	An Agenda for the Global Era	129
	References	179
	Index	201

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Risk-Benefit Analysis

Author: Richard Wilson

Over the centuries, mankind has slowly reduced the risks and hazards that even as recently as a century ago kept life expectancy to a mere 45 years. Our average lifespan has improved to 77 years by remarkable progress in public health and safety. But with this improvement has come a demand for greater efforts to improve both life expectancy and the quality of life. The first edition of this book, published in 1982, was a pioneer in the development of logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussion of the risks which we all face. This new edition, revised, expanded, and illustrated in detail, should be of value both to professionals in the field and to those who wish to understand these vital issues.

Globalization and Stratification in the United States or PMP Exam Preparation Guide

Globalization and Stratification in the United States

Author: Gary Hytrek

Globalization--the interconnection of the world culturally, socially, politically, and economically--has generated intense theoretical and practical concerns. Is globalization inevitable? What are the effects of globalization on social structures and individual perceptions? What is the effect of globalization on societal level inequality?
America Transformed: Globalization, Inequality, and Power examines these questions by analyzing the links among global processes and shifting patterns of stratification, inequality, and social mobility in the United States. While many texts separate discussions of macro- and micro-level processes when examining globalization, this book skillfully integrates general macro-level processes with specific reference to the micro-level effects of globalization in the U.S. Exploring the critical dimensions of inequality--class, gender, and immigration--America Transformed situates the U.S. experience within the broader global context, and fleshes out the mechanism through which global processes affect social stratification. By examining the social construction of globalization, the authors identify the key policy challenges of globalization, and some of the innovative community-based responses to social inequality.
America Transformed provides powerful insights into the contested dialectical relationship between global and local forces: how globalization shapes stratification and inequality in the U.S., and how local communities attempt to mediate those changes.

Table of Contents:

Preface     x
Acknowledgments     xiv
Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations     1
Globalization and Change in America: Overview     3
Globalization Defined     4
Globalization: From Fordism to Flexibility     5
Globalization and Power     9
Globalization and Stratification     12
Global-Local Class Inequality Patterns     15
Global-Local Connections     17
Conclusion     18
Globalization: The Context     19
Strategic Shifts     20
Forces and Conditions for Globalization     21
Global Institutions     25
Post-1945: Crisis and Change     27
The WTO and NAFTA     30
Conclusion     32
The Globalization Debate     33
Perspectives on Globalization     35
Conceptual Issues     35
Economic-Political Issues     38
Local Politics: The Democratic Deficit     40
Cultural Patterns     42
Globalization and Inequality     45
Conclusion     49
The Globalization Debate: An Assessment     50
Globalization and Economic Change     50
Globalization and Political Changes     62
Globalization and Cultural Change     66
Conclusion     69
Globalization and Stratification     71
Definitions and Concepts     72
Stratification, Inequality, and Globalization     76
Blue- and White-Collar Transitions     80
Conclusion     85
Dimensions of Inequality     87
Globalization and Work     89
The Context: Fordism to Flexibility     90
U.S. Workers in the Globalized Economy     90
Patterns in Class Inequality     95
Inequality and Poverty by Race and Ethnicity     100
Working Hours     103
The Working and the New Poor     104
A View from the Bottom: Insecurity and Vulnerability     106
Conclusion     109
Globalization and Immigration     110
Overview     111
Global Processes and Immigration     114
Destination and Social Capital Networks     115
Occupational Location of Immigrants in the United States     116
Globalization, Rural Restructuring, and Latino Migration     120
Explaining Patterns of Immigrant Integration     122
Immigration and Political and Civic Engagement     124
Remittances: Completing the Global Cycle     125
Conclusion     125
Globalization and Gender     128
Sex, Gender, and Ideology     129
Engendering Globalization     131
Globalization and Gender Inequality in the United States     136
Gender, Race, and Ethnicity     141
Conclusion     143
Constructing Change     145
Globalization: Countermovements and Community     147
Globalization, the State, Society, and Markets: Karl Polanyi     147
Globalization and Its Countermovement     150
Asian Sex Trafficking     151
Living-Wage Campaigns     153
Immigration and Empowerment in the Deep South     161
Building Community Through Creating Social Capital     162
Conclusion     164
Conclusion: How Globalization Is Transforming America     166
Globalization     166
Globalization: Diversity Within Homogeneity     168
Globalization and the United States     168
The State     171
The Countermovement     173
Participatory Change: Empowerment or Facade?     175
Conclusion      176
Notes     178
Glossary     191
References     199
Index     221

See also: My War or American Widow

PMP Exam Preparation Guide

Author: Thomas Sheffrey

Business & Economics/Project Management

When you're studying for the PMP®/CAPM® exam, the most important thing to manage is your time

This practical guide will help you study for the Project Management Professional (PMP® )/Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM® ) Certification Exam more efficiently and productively. It is aligned with and references PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK ® Guide).

Unlike other review materials that are organized according to knowledge areas and cover the forty-four processes almost equally, this guide divides materials into process groups or domains and weights your review materials the way PMP®/CAPM® weights the exam. For example, approximately 11% of the exam questions will be on the Initiation Phase, so approximately 11% of the review materials in this book covers the Initiation Phase. The guide flows like projects flow. There are six sections:

• Initiation Phase


• Planning Phase


• Execution Phase


• Monitor and Control Phase


• Closing Phase


• Professional Responsibility

This is not an unabridged "everything you ever need to know about project management" guide. It focuses exclusively on information you need to know to pass the exam and features:

• A total of 175 pre-review questions and 175 post-review questions, along with complete answers and explanations


• The facts, presented clearly and concisely with no frills, no fine print, and no digression


• Terms,definitions, formulas, charts, diagrams, and lists that help you retain the information and pass the test


• Advice on how to study and how to take the actual exam, plus a comprehensive index, so it's easy to find information you want to review

International Macroeconomics or The Economics of Time and Ignorance

International Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy

Author: Victor E Argy

International Macroeconomics is a comprehensive and sophisticated account of the current state of international macroeconomics. Victor Argy presents a completely up-to-date review of recent developments in theoretical modelling in open economy macroeconomics as well as international monetary economics. Covering theory, policy application and case studies, the book offers a clear introduction to international macroeconomics that requires only basic mathematical knowledge.

The book examines the evolution of global exchange rate regimes and describes their operation in various countries. Argy evaluates gold standard regimes, the I. M. F. system, the float and the E. M. S. The next section of the book introduces readers to a detailed and rigorous analysis of open economy models, including the Mundell-Fleming model and its many variants. Argy examines the New Classical contributions in detail and provides an extensive review of exchange rate models. He applies the model framework toaddress key policy issues: determining macro targets; assigning instruments to targets; the pros and cons of macro policy coordination; and evaluating global macro performance. The last section of the book reviews some country experiences with macro policy, notably Thatcherism, Reaganomics, and policies in Japan.

Table of Contents:

	List of figures
	List of tables
	Acknowledgements
	General introduction
Pt. I	Global exchange rate regimes	1
1	The gold standard regime	3
2	The International Monetary Fund system	12
3	The float	26
4	The European Monetary System	34
5	The increased financial interdependence in the world economy	43
Pt. II	Open economy models - comparative statics analysis	51
6	The Mundell-Fleming model	53
7	The Mundell-Fleming model - its strengths and limitations	73
8	The Mundell-Fleming model with wage and price adjustment	85
9	Disequilibrium models of product and labour markets	106
10	The portfolio balance model of the monetary sector	119
11	The Mundell-Fleming model with wealth	130
12	The classical elasticities approach to a devaluation	142
13	A two-country Mundell-Fleming type model	150
14	The two-country model with flexible wages and prices	175
15	Econometric evidence - the large-country case	181
16	A three-country model and the European Monetary System	186
17	A two-sector model of a small economy with flexible exchange rates	194
Pt. III	Open economy models - dynamic analysis	201
18	Dynamic effects of a monetary expansion under flexible rates - the Dornbusch 1976 model	203
19	Branson's portfolio balance model - monetary expansion under flexible rates	212
20	The dynamic adjustment to a fiscal deficit - a simple framework	224
21	An extended Mundell-Fleming model with J curves	231
22	Effects of a restrictive money growth policy on the path of inflation and unemployment	241
Pt. IV	New Classical themes	249
23	Macro policy impotence and the New Classical paradigm	251
24	The effects of anticipated monetary and fiscal policies in a small economy with flexible exchange rates	260
25	The equilibrium rate of inflation with discretion and some reputation	270
26	The Ricardian equivalence hypothesis	285
Pt. V	A general framework	293
27	Modelling goods and money markets	295
28	Modelling production and labour markets	303
29	Imposing medium- to long-run constraints on the model	317
30	The effects in the short and the long run of a monetary and fiscal expansion under flexible rates in a more general framework	321
Pt. VI	Models of exchange rates	327
31	Modelling exchange rates (1)	329
32	Modelling exchange rates (2)	339
33	Foreign exchange market efficiency and financial integration - concepts and evidence	347
Pt. VII	Policy design	355
34	Macro policy targets	357
35	The regulatory-institutional environment, the policy regime and macro performance	380
36	Choosing the exchange rate regime	392
37	Rules versus discretion	415
38	Assignment rules for internal and external balance	427
39	Theoretical evaluation of alternative simple policy regimes	439
40	Econometric evaluation of policy regimes	453
41	Issues raised by nominal income targeting	461
42	Global macro performance - 1972-91	467
43	The rise and fall of monetarism	481
44	Unemployment performance and policy	494
45	Macro policy coordination	507
Pt. VIII	Case studies of macro policy	525
46	A decade of Thatcherism: 1979-89 - Thatcherism and Reaganomics compared	527
47	Japan's macroeconomic performance (1960-90)	548
48	Macroeconomic policy and the regulatory environment: the Australian and New Zealand experience 1973-91	578
	Notes	599
	References	608
	Index	633

Look this: Policy Paradox or Washingtons Crossing

The Economics of Time and Ignorance

Author: Gerald P ODriscoll

The Economics of Time and Ignorance is one of the seminal works in the development of modern Austrian economics. Building on the work of Hayek, Lachman and Shackle, the authors engage in a powerful critique of neo-classical economics. O'Driscoll and Rizzo argue against neo-classical models which use inappropriate pretenses of knowledge and are overly deterministic. This key text has helped set the agenda for the remarkable revival of work on the Austrian economic tradition and has led to an even wider interest in the once heretical ideas of Austrian economists.

The Economics of Time and Ignorance is reprinted here with a substantial new introduction which outlines the major developments in the area since the books original publication a decade ago.

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A comprehensive overview of cognitive processes in animals focusing on experimental research with a diverse range of animals including bees, dogs, dolphins, mice, monkeys and Japanese macaques. Vauclair (Research Director, Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Center for Scientific Research, France) presents novel discussions of animal cognitive development using Piagetian concepts, and reviews specific types of cognition exhibited in studies observing tool use and spatial representations, social relations and behaviors, communication, language, imitations, and self-recognition in animals. Throughout, the author argues that researchers should be less concerned with evolutionary or ecological explanations for cognition differences between species, and more concerned with the work required to increase general understanding. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Challenge of Third World Development or Nevada Real Estate License Law

The Challenge of Third World Development

Author: Howard Handelman

For undergraduate-level courses in Third World Politics, Comparative Politics, Developing World courses in Political Science, and regional courses on Asia or Latin America. This text explores political, economic, and social issues common to diverse Third World countries. It stresses the themes of democratization, modernization, and dependency theory, examining the nature of underdevelopment. The text analyzes the major political and socio economic rifts that divide many of these nations and the efforts being made to understand and address these challenges.

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Probably intending his work as a textbook for undergraduate international relations courses, Handelman (political science, U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) attempts to find common themes among the experiences of the roughly 150 countries he defines as the "Third World." Topics include theories of development and underdevelopment, democratic transitions, religion and politics, cultural pluralism and ethnic conflict, gender, agrarian politics, urbanization and the urban poor, revolutionary change, military politics, and political economy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Nevada Real Estate License Law: Analysis, Interpretation, and Sample Questions for the Licensing Candidate

Author: Randall S Van Reken

This text covers a subset of the Nevada Real Estate laws that consists of those laws and regulations that are examination subjects on the Nevada Real Estate Licensing Examinations for brokers and salespeople—NRS 119, 119A and 645.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. 1. NRS 645 and NAC 645 Overview: Brokers; Salesmen; Intermediaries. 2. NRS 645 Brokers; Salesmen; Intermediaries: General Provisions. 3. NAC 645 Brokers; Salesmen; Intermediaries: General Provisions. 4. Brokers; Salesmen; Intermediaries: NRS 645 and NAC 645 Sample Questions. 5. NRS 119 and NAC 119 Overview: Sale of Subdivided Land. 6. NRS 119 Sale of Subdivided Land: General Provisions.7. NAC 119 Sale of Subdivided Land: General Provisions. 8. Sale of Subdivided Land: NRS II 9 and NAC 119 Sample Questions. 9. NRS 119A and NAC 119A Overview: Time Shares. 10. NRS II 9A Time Shares: General Provisions. 11. NAC 119A Time Shares: General Provisions. 12. Time Shares: NRS l19A and NAC l19A Sample Questions. Answer Key to Sample Questions. Index.

Millennium Intelligence or Natural Resources and Violent Conflict

Millennium Intelligence: Understanding and Conducting Competitive Intelligence in the Digital Age

Author: Jerry P Miller

This collaborative work by noted experts in the profession provides business people with a comprehensive understanding of the intelligence function and how it should be managed in today's digital environment.

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The basics of understanding competitive intelligence in the digital age are revealed in a guide which covers the key issues in competitive intelligence; from accounting models and the technology marketplace to resources for intelligence. Millennium Intelligence provides a basic overview of business intelligence and its management for business managers.

Go to: Modern Control Engineering or Librarians Guide to Online Searching

Natural Resources and Violent Conflict

Author: Ian Bannon

Violent conflict can spell catastrophe for developing countries and their neighbors, stunting and even reversing the course of economic growth. Recent World Bank research on the causes of conflict and civil war finds that the countries most likely to be blighted by conflict are those whose economies depend heavily on natural resources. Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions first explains the links between resource dependence conflict and then considers what can be done to help reduce the risk of civil war in these nations.

In this collection of previously unpublished essays by experts in the field, contributors consider the risks of corruption, secessionist movements, and rebel financing. They also consider the roles played by government, the development community, and the country's population and propose an agenda for global action. Focusing on what we can do collectively to diminish the likelihood of civil war, contributors to this volume suggest practical approaches and policies that could be adopted by the international community-from financial and resource reporting procedures to commodity tracking systems and enforcement techniques, including sanctions, certification requirements, and aid conditionality.

A fascinating look at the results of important new World Bank research, this book represents an important addition to the dialogue on development.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Contributors
	Acronyms and Abbreviations
1	Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do	1
2	The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can Make You Poor	17
3	Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues	43
4	Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems	97
5	Follow the Money: The Finance of Illicit Resource Extraction	161
6	Getting It Done: Instruments of Enforcement	215
7	Attracting Reputable Companies to Risky Environments: Petroleum and Mining Companies	287
8	Dampening Price Shocks	353

Marketing Research or Accounting Theory

Marketing Research: An Aid to Decision Making

Author: Alan T Shao

We are confident that the new edition of Marketing Research: An Aid to Decision Making will dramatically improve students' knowledge of marketing research because practitioners, academicians, and past users of the text recommended many of the changes and new topics that we incorporated into this edition. The fact is, there have been numerous changes in the research industry and global marketplace that warrant special attention. When you consider how research organizations are consolidating, economies are growing worldwide, and competition is intensifying, there is a resounding plea for improved knowledge by decision-makers.

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Emphasizing the role of market research processes and results in marketing decisions, this textbook introduces the issues and methods involved in conducting such research. After a brief overview of the field the book discusses the means of gathering information, with attention to technological innovations and ethical concerns. It then outlines basic statistics and sampling theory, data preparation and analysis, and data communication. Shao teaches and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Accounting Theory: Contemporary Accounting Issues

Author: Thomas Evans

This easy-to-read accounting theory text contains two distinct, but integrated parts. Part One focuses on two interwoven topics: accounting theory formulation and standard setting in a chronological format. This section analyzes the major historical efforts attempted in the development of an accounting theory. The Conceptual Framework project is studied, and the FASB and how it influences current standard setting is examined. Part Two covers contemporary financial reporting issues as they relate to the FASB's Conceptual Framework. Controversial accounting areas, such as cash flows, accounting for pensions, post-employment benefits and stock options, are studied within the context of the definitions of assets and liabilities provided by the Conceptual Framework. Interesting and challenging cases provide the reader with practical experience in applying accounting theory.

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This accounting theory text begins with chronological material on accounting theory formulation and standard setting<-->with analysis of the major efforts attempted in the development of an accounting theory<-->then covers contemporary financial reporting issues as they relate to the Financial Accounting Standard Board's Conceptual Framework. Controversial accounting areas, such as cash flows, accounting for pensions, and post-employment benefits, are examined within the context of the definitions of assets and liabilities provided by the Conceptual Framework. A global perspective is integrated throughout. Learning features include chapter objectives, review questions, examples, and cases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

Part I. The Chronological Development of Accounting Standard Setting and Theory Formulation. Chapter 1. Foundation: Standard Setting and Theory. Chapter 2. The Accounting Principles Board—I. Chapter 3. The Accounting Principles Board—II—ASOBAT. Chapter 4. The New Tripartite Structure. Chapter 5. FASB: Formation. Chapter 6. SATTA. Chapter 7. FASB: The Conceptual Framework Project. Chapter 8. FASB: Present and Future. Part II: The Study of Contemporary Accounting Issues within the Conceptual Framework. Chapter 9. Accounting for Income. Chapter 10. Accounting for Assets. Chapter 11. Cash and Cash Flows. Chapter 12. The Nature of Liabilities. Chapter 13. Accounting for Income Taxes. Chapter 14. Accounting for Post-Employment Compensation. Chapter 15. Mark to Market Accounting. Chapter 16. Financial Reporting: Disclosure. Appendix. General Electric 1931 Annual Report.

Performance Drivers or Launching New Ventures

Performance Drivers: A Practical Guide to Using the Balanced Scorecard

Author: Nils Goran Olv

A Practical Guide to Using the Balanced Scorecard performance drivers Nils-Goran Olve, Jan Roy and Magnus Wetter Since the groundbreaking work of Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, the concept of the Balanced Scorecard has achieved increasing popularity in the business world. Previously, many organizations had built their business objectives around financial targets and goals that bore little relation to a long-term strategic vision. Typically, this leaves a gap between the development of a company's strategy and its implementation. The business scorecard, however, provides a more 'balanced view' by looking at not just-financial concerns, but also customers, internal business processes, and learning and growth. But it is not just a system of performance measurement - by focusing on future potential success it can be used as a dynamic management system that reinforces, implements and drives corporate strategy forward. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience with scorecard projects to provide a step-by-step method for introducing the Balanced Scorecard into an organization. This is done through the use of some of the most important practical examples in existence, with case studies from ABB, Coca Cola, Electrolux, British Telecom, Nat West, Skandia and Volvo. The desired strategic control system using scorecards that is presented focuses on creating and communicating a total comprehensive picture to all members of the organization from the top down, a long-term view of what the company's strategic objectives really are, how to make use of knowledge gained through experience and the required flexibility of such a system to cope with the fast-changing businessenvironment. This book will provide senior and operational managers, consultants and business academics with a comprehensive view of emerging Balanced Scorecard practice supported by both business advice and a theoretical foundation. Reflections on the relations between the Balanced Scorecard and other areas, such as TQM, information systems and intellectual capital and knowledge management are also made. Business Strategy

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Launching New Ventures: An Entrepreneurial Approach

Author: Kathleen R Allen

In Launching New Ventures, Allen prepares students to spearhead new initiatives—paying special attention to the process and activities required before a start-up can open for business. A conversational approach engages and encourages students to rely on this text as more than just a reference book. Real-world case studies, new venture checklists, plus Allen's own firsthand experience guide students through the logical process of recognizing an opportunity, testing a business concept, and implementing a formal business plan. Updated Case Studies and Entrepreneur Profiles showcase a range of high-profile start-ups and their founders, while accompanying discussion questions allow students to apply their analytical skills. The enhanced ancillary package—with new testing, video, and online resources—makes course management more efficient and learning more dynamic.

Table of Contents:

Contents

• I. Entrepreneurial Opportunity
• 1. Understanding Entrepreneurship
  The Promise of Entrepreneurship
  The Nature of Entrepreneurs
  The Nature of Entrepreneurial Start-ups
  A Brief History of the Entrepreneurial Revolution
  Researching the Entrepreneurial Phenomenon
  Looking Ahead: The Organization of the Book

  2. Preparing for the Entrepreneurial Journey

  Saying Goodbye to Stereotypes

  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about Entrepreneurs

  Preparing to Become an Entrepreneur

  Entrepreneurial Leadership

  Increasing the Chances of Success

  3. Recognizing and Creating Opportunity

  The Nature of Creativity

  Challenges to Creativity

  Removing the Roadblocks

  Sources of New Product/Service Ideas

  4. Developing a Business Model

  Developing a Business Concept

  The Business Model

  The Value Chain and the Concept

  The Nature of Feasibility Analysis

  II. Feasibility Analysis: Testing the Business Concept

  5. Analyzing the Industry and Market

  The Industry Life Cycle

  Framework for Understanding Industries

  Conducting Industry Analysis

  Characterizing the Target Market

  Gathering Competitive Intelligence

  Forecasting New Product/Service Demand

  6. Analyzing Product/Service Risks and Benefits

  The nature of Product/Process Development

  How Entrepreneurs Develop Products and Services

  The Product Development Cycle

  Intellectual Property

  7. The Founding Team

  The Founding Team

  Professional Advisers

  Board of Directors

  Outsourcing with Independent Contractors

  8. Analyzing Start-up Resources

  Gathering Entrepreneurial Resources

  Finding the Right Numbers

  Estimating Sales andExpenditures

  Preparing the Pro Forma Income Statement

  III. The Business Plan: Building a Company

  9. The Business Plan

  From Feasible Concept to Business Plan

  The Business Plan: Strategy and Structure

  Effectively Organizing the Business Plan

  Successfully Presenting the Business Plan

  10. Analyzing Legal Risks and Benefits

  Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships

  Corporation

  Limited Liability Company

  The Nonprofit Corporation

  Making the Decision About Legal Form

  Other Legal Considerations

  11. Incorporating Ethics and Social Responsibility

  Ethics

  Social Responsibility

  Vision and Values

  Core Values and Success

  12. Designing an Entrepreneurial Organization

  Organization: Understanding the Way the Business Works

  Location: Finding the Appropriate Business Site

  People: Organizing the Start-up Team

  13. Producing Products and Services

  The Components of Production

  Preparing to Produce Products and Services

  Production Cost Issues

  Maintaining and Warranting Production Processes

  14. Developing an Entrepreneurial Marketing Plan

  Relationship Marketing for Entrepreneurs

  The Marketing Plan

  Product/Service Promotion

  Online Marketing

  15. Funding a Start-up Venture

  Resource Strategy

  Starting with a Plan

  Financing Start-ups

  Financing with Equity

  Financing with Debt

  IV. Planning for Growth and Change

  16. Funding a Rapidly Growing Venture

  The Cost and Process of Raising Capital

  The Venture Capital Market

  The Initial Public Offering (IPO)

  Growing via Strategic Alliances

  Valuing the Business

  17. Planning for Growth

  To Grow or Not to Grow

  Intensive Growth Strategies—Growing Within the Current Market

  Integrative Growth Strategies—Growing Within the Industry

  Diversification Growth Strategies—Growing Outside the Industry

  Growing by Going Global

  18. Planning for Change

  The Components of a Contingency Plan

  The Harvest Plan

  Dealing with Failure: Bankruptcy

  Case Studies

  Case 1. Overnite Express

  Case 2. Craigslist: It's About Helping Others

  Case 3. Beanos Ice Cream Shoppe

  Case 4. Wizards of the Coast

  Case 5. iRobot: Robots for the Home

  Case 6. The Crowne Inn: A Classic Case of a Family Business in Turmoil

  Case 7. Linksys: The Essence of Opportunity Recognition

  Case 8. Finagle a Bagel

  Appendices

  Business Plan

  Feasibility Study

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt or The The Profession of Dietetics

From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt: Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938-1980

Author: Bruce J Schulman

This is a carefully executed study of the effects of federal economic policy in transforming the American South from the time of the New Deal to the present. Decrying the South's economic backwardness and political conservatism, the Roosevelt Administration launched a series of aggressive programs to reorder the Southern economy. A generation of young liberal Southerners entered the national government to preside over these policies. After 1950, however, Keynesianism replaced New Deal reform as the mainstay of national economic policy, and the national security state supplanted the social welfare state as the South's principal benefactor. Schulman here contrasts the diminished role of national welfare programs in the postwar South with the expansion of military and growth-oriented programs, analyzing their contributions to the South's remarkable economic growth, and the excruciating limits of that prosperity. Schulman ultimately relates these developments to Southern politics and race relations. A forcefully argued work, From Cotton Belt to Sun Belt will be an invaluable addition to the literature, and an essential guide to students and scholars of federal policy and modern Southern history.

"This book brings together a wealth of material about southern economic development. It is an important contribution to southern economic history."--Journal of American History
"The first [study] to analyze and document the impact of federal policy....An important work....Cannot be ignored by serious students of modern southern history."--Journal of Southern History
"Well researched and well argued....Schulman has made an important contribution to the historiography on themodern South."--American Historical Review
"Warrants the attention of both Southern devotees and the general audience of historians."--Journal of Economic History
"As synthesis...[the book] is superb....A valuable guide to the workings of the modern southern economy."--Journal of Regional Science

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The The Profession of Dietetics: A Team Approach

Author: June Payne Palacio

This indispensable text serves as a complete introduction to the profession of dietetics. The book reviews the history of dietetics, projects future trends, explores the roles and responsibilities of members of the dietetics team, and presents real-world profiles and photographs of dieticians working in different settings. This complete resource also provides essential information on dietetics education and training, the supervised practice experience, and credentialing. End-of-chapter activities encourage readers to think critically and apply concepts. This edition has new material on portfolio development, resume building, interviewing, networking, mentoring, service learning, and current salaries. An appendix lists acronyms used in dietetics. Additional references and selected Websites are also listed.

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Reviewer: Carol A Boswell, Ed.D. (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center)
Description: This book is designed to inform individuals about the different dietetic programs that are available. The expectations for different levels of practice in the area of nutrition and healthcare seem to be focus. The previous editions were published in 1996 and 2000.
Purpose: According to the authors, the purpose is to increase interest in the profession of dietetics. When individuals have a better understanding of the skills needed to do the work, they are more likely to get involved. This is the third edition within 11 years, which raises the question as to how much this profession has changed during this time to require three editions.
Audience: The audience is potential students, apparently. It is written at an appropriate reading level to encourage beginning workers to consider this profession. The author is a credible authority.
Features: The book intends to provide an overview of the different employment opportunities in the field of dietetics. How to get into the field is covered for beginning potential employees. The book includes profiles of successful individuals. However, these individuals are at the top of the employment structure which could be a little stressing to students just beginning. The art work is all black and gray, not very inviting.
Assessment: This would be helpful for use at a high school level to introduce students to the different employment opportunities in the field.

Rating

2 Stars from Doody

Information Technology Strategies or Real Estate Decisions

Information Technology Strategies: How Leading Firms Use IT to Gain an Advantage

Author: William V Rapp

The focus of this book is to educate the reader on the strategic principles fundamental to using information technology to gain market control. It provides case examples of how to use IT to enhance existing core competencies and strategies. The book is designed to help managers struggling with how to advantageously harness the new information revolution. It can also support executive and business education programs on managing technology when few such studies exist. While Internet and information technologies are currently hot topics many firms and executives are without the tools and know-how of how to actually use them to improve results. Some major firms have sophisticated strategies for using information technology to impact, control and even own their competitive environments. This book describes how major non-information technology companies are doing this and the strategic principles employed.

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Real Estate Decisions

Author: Don Epley

This book introduces the fundamentals of real estate in a need-to-know, decision-making format, covering related topics such as commercial lending, development, and future trends in the real estate market. The viewpoint is that of the consumer who is the prospective buyer, seller, or real estate agent. Technology (Internet activities, Excel activities, etc.) is integrated into the chapters and activities to enhance its relevance.

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This textbook provides students of real estate with information needed to make real estate decisions. Topics are discussed in the order in which the typical consumer encounters them in a real estate transaction, with legal concepts integrated throughout the text. Coverage includes urban economics, valuation, property appraisal, mortgages, commercial loans, sales contracts, leases, deeds, title insurance, and settlement. The volume does not contain bibliographical references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

I. THE DECISION TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT REAL ESTATE. 1. The Real Estate Commodity in a Legal Environment. 2. Public and Private Controls on the Use of Real Property. 3. Urban Economics and the Real Estate Market. II. THE DECISION TO ESTIMATE MARKET VALUE. 4. Valuation. 5. Residential Property Appraisal. 6. Income Property Appraisal. 7. Real Estate Market Analysis. III. THE DECISION TO FINANCE THE TRANSACTION. 8. Mortgages in Borrowed Capital. 9. Financing Single-Family Homes. 10. Commercial Loans and Lease Analysis. IV. THE DECISION TO INVEST IN THE PROPERTY. 11. Real Estate Equity Investment. 12. Taxation of the Real Estate Investment. V. THE DECISION TO BUY OR SELL THE PROPERTY. 13. Agency and the Real Estate Agent. 14. Contracts and the Sales Contract. VI. THE DECISION TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY AND SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEASE. 15. Real Estate Management and the Lease. VII. THE DECISION TO ACQUIRE OR TRANSFER THE PROPERTY. 16. Deed, Title, Insurance, and Settlement. VIII. THE DECISION TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. 17. Real Estate Development. CONCLUSION. Trends in the Real Estate Industry. GLOSSARY. INDEX.

Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization or Imperial Germany 1850 1918

Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization: The Labor Process and the Changing Nature of Work In

Author: Berch Berberoglu

This book offers a timely analysis of work and labor processes and how they are rapidly changing under globalization. The contributors explore traditional sectors of the U.S. and world economies - from auto to steel to agriculture - as well as work under new production arrangements, such as third world export processing zones. Many chapters analyze changing dynamics of gender, nationality, and class. The contributors explain why more intensified forms of control by the state and by capital interests are emerging under glabalization. Yet they also emphasize new possibilities for labor, including new forms of organizing and power sharing in a rapidly changing economy.

Author Biography: Berch Berberoglu is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Institute for International Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Ten contributions from scholars and activists discuss the political economy of the labor process in the age of global capitalism, examining how the global economy effects ordinary people in the workplace. Topics include, for example, the struggle for control at the point of production, the division of labor along racial lines in U.S. agriculture, and women and resistance in the transnational labor force. Editor Berberoglu teaches sociology at the U. of Nevada, Reno. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Introduction: The Political Economy of the Labor Process in the Age of Globalization	1
1	Labor and Capital at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century	11
2	Labor, Capital, and the Struggle for Control at the Point of Production	29
3	The Labor Process and the Transformation of Corporate Control in the Global Economy	51
4	Working Women and the Dynamics of Power at Work	69
5	Race, Nationality, and the Division of Labor in U.S. Agriculture	87
6	The Global Economy and Changes in the Nature of Contingent Work	107
7	The Political Economy of Global Accumulation and Its Emerging Mode of Regulation	125
8	Women's Work and Resistance in the Global Economy	145
9	Dynamics of Globalization: Transnational Capital and the International Labor Movement	163
10	Globalization of Capital and Class Struggle	179
	Bibliography	195
	Index	209
	About the Contributors	217
	About the Editor	221

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Imperial Germany, 1850-1918

Author: Edgar Feuchtwanger

The German Empire was founded in triumph in 1871 and crashed in disaster at the end of the First World War. Imperial Germany focuses on the domestic political developments of the period, putting them into context through a balanced guide of economic and social background, culture and foreign policy. It explores the tension caused within an empire that was formed through war, against the prevailing liberal spirit of the age.

* Recent debates on the topic are made accessible to English-speaking readers, and the book summarizes the important controversies and competing interpretations of imperial German history. This important study poses many questions:

* Was the desire to unify Germany the cause of the aggressive foreign policy leading to the First World War?
* To what extent was Bismarck's Second Reich the forerunner of Hitler's Third?
* Did Bismarck's authoritarian rule permanently hinder the political development of Germany?

Chronologically structured, ImperialGermany provides indispensable background reading on an important chapter in German history.

Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations and Professional Speaking or International Economics

Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations and Professional Speaking

Author: William S Pfeiffer

A handbook that promotes the art of good speaking, Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations provides basic guidelines that foster confidence. Up-to-date information in a simple, straightforward format–you will learn to speak competently, overcome anxiety, analyze the audience, research a topic, and to organize, illustrate, and deliver a professional-level talk. After a comprehensive and interesting overview about public speaking and technical presentations, this convenient pocket guide covers audience analysis, coping with anxiety, presentation organization, illustrating the presentation, graphics, delivery, evaluation, and adapting to different situations. Because of its convenient size, ease of use, and informative appendix, this guide is invaluable to those who need to present information from all walks of life: from students to trainer-facilitators to CEOs.

Interesting textbook: CIA Inc or ArcView GIS Means Business

International Economics

Author: W Charles Sawyer

This easy-to-read book emphasizes how to use basic economic theory and where to apply it to international economic issues. It empowers readers to understand the international economics they will encounter in business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, and to use international economics to make business decisions. The first half of the book covers international trade, factor movements, and trade and economic development; the final ten chapters on international finance can be divided into at least three parts: national income accounting and exchange rate determination; purchasing power parity and the real exchange rate; and open economy macroeconomics. A useful reference for government officials dealing with international trade and finance issues, and for private citizens who want to learn more about the effect of international economics on business in the 21^st century.

Table of Contents:

  1. Introduction: An Overview of the World Economy.

 

  2. Why Countries Trade.

 

  3. Factor Endowments and the Commodity Composition of Trade.

 

  4. Intraindustry Trade.

 

  5. International Factor Movements.

 

  6. Tariffs.

 

  7. Nontariff Distortions to Trade.

 

  8. International Trade Policy.

 

  9. Regional Economic Agreements.

 

10. International Trade and Economic Growth.

 

11. National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments.

 

12.International Transactions and Financial Markets.

 

13. Exchange Rates and Their Determination: A Basic Model.

 

14. Money, Interest Rates, and the Exchange Rate.

 

15. Price Levels and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run.

 

16. Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run.

 

17. Macroeconomic Policy and Floating Exchange Rates.

 

18. Fixed Exchange Rates and Currency Unions.

 

19. International Monetary Arrangements.

 

20. Capital Flows and the Developing Countries.

Sign Wars or Outcomes and Incomes

Sign Wars: The Cluttered Landscape of Advertising

Author: Robert Goldman

Television has become so saturated with commercials that it is difficult at times to tell the different images apart, much less remember or care about them. But, on closer look, television commercials can tell us a great deal about the interplay of market forces, contemporary culture,and corporate politics. This book views contemporary ad culture as an ever-accelerating war of meaning. The authors show how corporate symbols or signs vie for attention-span and market share by appropriating and quickly abandoning diverse elements of culture to differentiate products that may be in themselves virtually indistinguishable. The resulting "sign wars" are both a cause and a consequence of a media culture that is cynical and jaded, but striving for authenticity.

Including more than 100 illustrations and numerous examples from recent campaigns, this book provides a critical review of the culture of advertising, exposes the contradictions that stem from turning culture into a commodity, and illuminates the impact of television commercials on the way we see and understand the world around us.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction: Advertising in the Age of Accelerated Meaning	1
1	Sign Wars	20
2	Advertising in the Age of Hypersignification	55
3	Yo! Hailing the Alienated Spectator	83
4	The Flip Side of Jadedness: Memory and a Sense of Place	115
5	Authenticity in the Age of the Poseur	141
6	Green Marketing and the Commodity Self	187
7	The Corporate Politics of Sign Values	216
	Conclusion: Sneakerization and Hyperculture	256
	Notes	275
	Bibliography	295
	Index	311

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Outcomes and Incomes

Author: Paul W Clement

Outlining a highly flexible system based on the author's extensive experience in clinincal practice, the book and CD-ROM feature more than 25 ready-to-use, repro-ducible measures. Step-by-step guidelines show clinicians how to use outcomes evaluation to improve and market their services and nourish the growth of their practice.

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A book/CD-ROM package presenting tools therapists need to incorporate outcomes measurement into everyday clinical work. Part I presents recommendations for measuring outcomes, and Part II presents specific outcome measures, most of which readers may copy directly. Step-by- step guidelines show how to use outcomes evaluation to improve and market services. Features some 25 reproducible checklists and forms and suggestions for using a range of commercially available measures, as well as charts and statistical conversion tables. The CD-ROM contains reproducible forms. The author has maintained a private psychotherapy practice for 33 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Essentials of Business Law or Enterprise Resource Planning in Distribution

Essentials of Business Law

Author: Jeffrey F Beatty

Affordable and fascinating! With its innovative, story-telling learning aids, fascinating cases, and compelling business applications, ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS LAW is not only authoritative and accurate—it is also a pleasure to read. From the very first chapter, the authors' superb writing will draw you into the concepts of business law within the context of vivid examples and memorable scenarios. Throughout the text the authors "teach by example" using activities that enhance active learning by showing you how to think through issues from a lawyer's perspective. No other text is as effective at helping you learn how to apply concepts and contexts in practice, and in teaching you why business law matters not only to your career but also to your daily life.

Table of Contents:

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION. 1. Introduction to Law. 2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. 3. Dispute Resolution. 4. Common Law, Statutory Law, and Administrative Law. 5. Constitutional Law. 6. Torts. 7. Crime. 8. International Law. UNIT 2: CONTRACTS. 9. Introduction to Contracts. 10. Agreement. 11. Consideration. 12. Legality. 13. Capacity and Consent. 14. Written Contracts. 15. Third Parties. 16. Performance and Discharge. 17. Remedies. UNIT 3: COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS. 18. Introduction to Sales. 19. Ownership and Risk. 20. Warranties and Product Liability. 21. Performance and Remedies. 22. Creating a Negotiable Instrument. 23. Liability for Negotiable Instruments. 24. Liability for Negotiable Instruments: Banks and Their Customers. 25. Secured Transactions. 26. Bankruptcy. UNIT 4: EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROPERTY. 27. Agency. 28. Employment Law. 29. Starting a Business. 30. Corporations. 31. Property. 32. Cyberlaw. 33. Intellectual Property.

Book review: Resources Firms and Strategies or Empire by Integration

Enterprise Resource Planning in Distribution

Author: F Barry Lawrenc

Are you ready to use Enterprise Resource Planning systems? ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IN DISTRIBUTION takes you inside the world of general information technology with real ERP stories, companies and names, then shows you how the advanced Enterprise Resource Planning system explores likely future technology developments today.

Introduction to Globalization and Business or Leadership and Power

Introduction to Globalization and Business: Relationships and Responsibilities

Author: Barbara Parker

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What is globalization? How have the world economies changed in recent years? What impact do these changes have on business and management practice? Through creative use of examples, case studies and exercises from organizations worldwide, this book demonstrates the many levels at which globalization impacts on contemporary businesses, society and organizations and elucidates the ways in which different globalization trends and factors interrelate.

Focusing on an integrated approach to understanding the effects of global trends such as new technologies, new markets, and cultural and political changes, the book enables students to understand the wider implications of globalization and apply this to their study and comprehension of contemporary business and management.

Each chapter:

- opens with a short and current case which introduces the key concepts covered in that chapter

- provides an overview of chapter objectives to allow the student to navigate easily

- illustrates the chapter concepts with useful boxed examples

- concludes with a review of the key chapter concepts learnt

- provides a series of review and discussion questions

- offers 'Global Enterprise Project' assignments for applying course concepts to the same company

- gives up-to-date references from many sources to direct student's further reading.

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Leadership and Power: Identity Processes in Groups and Organizations

Author: Michael A Hogg

Leadership and associated power issues lie at the core of group life in a variety of contexts. Even the most informal of groups typically have some form of leadership in their organization, and the understanding of leadership and power from a psychological standpoint can inform a greater understanding of group dynamics both inside and outside of the workplace.

Leadership and Power is a synthesis of contributions from eminent social psychologists and organizational scientists that addresses these issues from a fresh perspective. In recent years, these themes have been re-examined through the lens of social categorization approaches that highlight people's social identity and social roles as group members, as well as the processes that influence perceptions of and expectations about people and groups. The book is wide-ranging; chapters cover such diverse issues as: interpersonal versus group-oriented styles of leadership; leadership of totalist groups; political leadership; and gender and leadership. It represents a state-of-the-art overview of this burgeoning field that will be important to a host of disciplines.

Elements of cross-referencing to highlight thematic links as well as effective chapter conclusions will make the text appealing to advanced students taking courses in social and organizational psychology, management and organization studies, not just scholars interested in these themes.

Table of Contents:

	List of Contributors
Ch. 1	Identity, Leadership, and Power: Preface and Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Leadership Effectiveness: Functional, Constructivist and Empirical Perspectives	5
Ch. 3	Leader - Member Relations and Social Identity	18
Ch. 4	Leadership as the Outcome of Self-Categorization Processes	34
Ch. 5	Identity, Leadership Categorization, and Leadership Schema	48
Ch. 6	Status Characteristics and Leadership	65
Ch. 7	Few Women at the Top: How Role Incongruity Produces Prejudice and the Glass Ceiling	79
Ch. 8	Justice, Identity and Leadership	94
Ch. 9	A Relational Perspective on Leadership and Cooperation: Why it Matters to Care and Be Fair	109
Ch. 10	Leadership, Identity and Influence: Relational Concerns in the Use of Influence Tactics	123
Ch. 11	Power and Prejudice: A Social-Cognitive Perspective on Power and Leadership	138
Ch. 12	Power, Social Categorization, and Social Motives in Negotiation: Implications for Management and Organizational Leadership	153
Ch. 13	Aberrations of Power: Leadership in Totalist Groups	169
Ch. 14	The Imperatives of Identity: The Role of Identity in Leader Judgment and Decision Making	184
Ch. 15	On the Science of the Art of Leadership	197
Ch. 16	Identity, Power, and Strategic Social Categorizations: Theorizing the Language of Leadership	210
	References	224
	Index	257

Frontline HR or Principles of Petroleum Geology

Frontline HR: A Handbook for the Emerging Manager

Author: Jeffrey S Hornsby

In many companies, the human resource component of a line manager/supervisor position is at least 50 percent of total responsibilities. But managers and supervisors often find themselves overwhelmed by—or even ill-prepared for—the responsibility of having to select, train, evaluate, discipline, and reward their direct reports. Written especially for the emerging manager, Frontline HR provides an excellent guide to successfully navigate through the challenges of supervising employees.

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Principles of Petroleum Geology

Author: Robert C Laudon

Principles of Petroleum Development Geology examines concepts that are fundamental to the success of tomorrow's petroleum geologists whether they call themselves exploration, development or environmental geologists. Petroleum development geology contains strong aspects of structural geology, reservoir engineering, drilling engineering, petrophysics, reflection seismology, and petroleum land management. This textbook is designed to outline the most salient aspects of these disciplines as they apply to development geology. Written on an introductory level, the book places emphasis on principles. Field examples and practical problems with solutions are included.

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Outlines fundamental principles of petroleum development geology, focusing on the estimation of volumetric reserves. Topics include traps, isopach maps, various types of logs and log analysis, pressure and temperature in the subsurface, volumetrics, clastic and carbonate depositional systems, geophysics and reflection seismology, and enhanced oil recovery. For advanced students in geology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Traps	9
Ch. 3	Reserve estimates	31
Ch. 4	Electric logs	48
Ch. 5	Drill time logs, mud logs, cuttings, and cores	71
Ch. 6	Pressure and temperature in the subsurface	85
Ch. 7	Porosity, permeability, and relative permeability	101
Ch. 8	Oil and gas chemistry	112
Ch. 9	Drive mechanisms, recovery efficiencies, and well spacing	135
Ch. 10	Volumetrics	149
Ch. 11	Economic projections and decline curves	153
Ch. 12	Clastic depositional systems	171
Ch. 13	Carbonate depositional systems	202
Ch. 14	Geophysics and reflection seismology	219
Ch. 15	Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)	237
Ch. 16	Some concluding remarks	248
	References	252
	Index	259

Balancing Act or International Retail Marketing

Balancing Act: How Managers Can Integrate Successful Careers and Fulfilling Personal Lives

Author: Joan R Kofodimos

Examines the shifting demographic, economic, and social forces--the changing gender roles, harsher economic realities, and dual career families--that pull managers and executives out of balance. Draws on ten years of research, consulting, and training on the topic to describe the cost of imbalance to individuals and organizations and tells how to restore equilibrium. Provides numerous checklists and self-assessment tools to help determine the degree and the nature of imbalance in our lives and in our organizations. Outlines a step-by-step process for personal change that can lead to an improved quality of life and provides individuals with a blueprint for initiating organizational changes that jointly optimize personal development and organizational effectiveness.

Library Journal

Kofodimos (coauthor of Beyond Ambition: How Driven Managers Can Lead Better and Live Better , Jossey-Bass, 1991) defines the ``balancing act'' as a ``satisfying, healthy, and productive life'' that incorporates activities ``with attention to self and to personal and spiritual development.'' Writing for managers, executives, and human-resource professionals, she describes various societal, personal, and organizational forces that lead to life imbalance and workaholism. Although she emphasizes organizational costs and effects, she does include methods for achieving personal balance and exercises for self-examination. Unfortunately, most of the supporting research is based on a study of male managers, thus excluding consideration of the struggle women have also waged. Still, this book will be invaluable to anyone wanting to achieve a balanced life. Highly recommended.-- Kathy Shimpock-Vieweg, O'Connor Cavanagh Lib., Phoenix, Ariz.

BookList

An often-overlooked aspect of productivity is the role played by employees' personal well-being and job satisfaction. Building on an earlier work she coauthored, "Beyond Ambition": "How Driven Managers Can Lead Better and Live Better" (1991), Kofodimos here emphasizes the importance of balancing work and home life, as well as achieving personal well-being and job satisfaction. She argues that attempts to alleviate burnout or to deal with personal crises are piecemeal approaches that ignore the whole individual. She insists that the organization has both a stake in and an obligation to help with finding integrated solutions to managers' personal and career problems. Based on interviews with hundreds of managers, Kofodimos' advice targets both individuals attempting to balance their lives and practitioners such as human-resource managers, responsible for helping them. After analyzing the root causes of the imbalances she detects, Kofodimos offers a series of exercises aimed at self-discovery.

Interesting textbook: Windows Vista Step by Step or Learning Perl

International Retail Marketing: A Case Study Approach

Author: Margaret Bruc

Offering both a raw theoretical overview of the topic and extended demonstrations of retail strategems working in practice, International Retail Marketing: a case study approach is the ideal reference for all students and practitioners needing a comprehensive account of the field.

* Dedicated book on the dynamics and practice of international retail marketing, now a vital aspect for most undergraduate and graduate course in retail marketing.
* Learn the fundamentals of the subject in the succinct theoretical introduction, then see the key issues at work in the company cases that follow.
* International contributor team offers up a far-reaching, global perspective.

International Retail Marketing: a case study approach combines a broad thematic overview of the key issues concerning international retail marketing, with a series of incisive case studies presenting examples of industry practice from various organizations and sectors.

Part one offers an accessible and wide-ranging outline of the fundamentals of the subject, covering:

* trends in retail marketing, including the dynamics of internationalization
* strategy and logistics
* buying and merchandise management
* communications
* retail design management.

Part two, authored by academics and practitioners from Europe, North America and Asia, comprises a number of international company cases. These show the key factors working in action within such markedly different sectors as fashion, food and healthcare. Throughout the book key discussion points are highlighted and exemplars considered, giving a hands-on, applied focus.

Table of Contents:

1	Retailing within an international context	3
2	Retail logistics	39
3	The anatomy of retail buying	64
4	Retail store design	78
5	The scope of e-commerce in retail strategy	91
6	The emergence of supply chain management as a critical success factor for retail organisations	108
7	Young consumers : the influence of celebrity on clothing choices	123
8	Undressing the ethical issues in fashion : a consumer perspective	141
9	A contemporary analysis of global luxury brands	155
10	International bank retailing : identifying cross-cultural differences in consumers' service-quality expectations	170
11	Retail positioning and store image	189
12	Fashion retail trends in Hong Kong	205
13	Retail in the USA : the environment and consumer purchase behaviour	220

Forgotten Families or Antitrust Economics

Forgotten Families: Ending the Growing Crisis Confronting Children and Working Parents in the Global Economy

Author: Jody Heymann

In the last half-century, radical changes have rippled through the workplace and the home from Boston to Mumbai. In the face of rapid globalization, these changes affect us all, and we can no longer confine ourselves to addressing working and social conditions within our own borders without simultaneously addressing them on a global scale. Based on over a thousand in-depth interviews and survey data from more than 55,000 families spanning five continents, Jody Heymann's Forgotten Families presents the first truly global account of how the changing conditions of work affect us all. Rich in individual stories and deeply human, Forgotten Families proposes innovative and imaginative ideas for solving the problems of the truly belabored together as a global community.

Publishers Weekly

When the mountain won't come to Muhammad, sometimes the mountain must be dynamited, carted off and dropped upon him. Heymann, the founder and director of the Project on Global Working Families, worked for a decade with her research team to drop such a mountain of information on governments and global organizations in order to inspire them to enact economic reforms. Exhaustive in scope, meticulous in detail, her book is a damning indictment of what has gone wrong during "the race to the bottom" between developing countries amid globalizing markets. The book is peppered with heartbreaking stories gleaned from surveys of more than 55,000 families, depicting a worldwide squalor in which children, if they survive infancy, are usually doomed to re-enact their parents' lives at the sweatshop. The portrait is bleak, but Heymann is an optimist. Her solutions, though idealistic, are reasonable: paid maternity leave, improved before- and after-school programs for children, etc. Most readers would have found a magazine article more persuasive, as Heymann's book is burdened with statistics. But in the breadth of its research, this volume will become a valuable primary source for policy makers. (Dec.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Antitrust Economics

Author: Roger D Blair

The second edition of Antitrust Economics provides a thorough treatment of the economic theory that both motivates (and to varying degrees) guides the design and enforcement of the antitrust laws of the Untied States. Citing relevant legislation and landmark court cases, the text offers a comprehensive analysis of both horizontal and vertical antitrust issues and uses economic theory to evaluate antitrust policy throughout.
The clear, accessible prose in Antitrust Economics explains the theory/policy cycle and provides thorough analysis of market structure and business conduct as they relate to antitrust policy. The text moves fluidly from theory to real world court cases to public policy, making it ideal for upper-level economics majors or law school courses in antitrust law.

Table of Contents:

Antitrust in a Market Economy

The Case for Competition

The Case Against Monopoly

Antitrust Response to Monopoly

Private Enforcement

Antitrust Building Blocks: Market Definition and Market Power

The Law of Monopolization

Exclusionary Practices

Collusion: Horizontal Price Fixing

Alternative Forms of Horizontal Collusion

Oligopoly and Tacit Collusion

Horizontal Mergers

Price Discrimination

The Theory of Vertical Integration

Vertical Merger Policy

Maximum Resale Price Fixing

Resale Price Maintenance

Tying Arrangements

Reciprocity

Exclusive Dealing

Territorial and Customer Restrictions

Launching the Right Career or Construction Law for Managers Architects and Engineers

Launching the Right Career

Author: Kate Wendleton

Launching the Right Career is full of exercises and assessment techniques to help you figure out which career is best for you. It s the same approach The Five O Clock Club has used for decades with professionals, managers, and executives. This book is also great for every college student and recent grad concerned about the future, and aware of the tight job market they are entering.

Table of Contents:

Part One: The Changing Job Market
Part Two: Deciding What You Want: Start by Understanding Yourself
Part Three: How to Select Your Job Targets: Brainstorming Possible Jobs
Part Four: Building a Great Résumé
Part Five: Knowing the Right People: How to Get Interviews in Your Target Areas
Part Six: Getting What You Want: The Five O'Clock Club Approach to Interviewing and Negotiating
Part Seven: What is The Five O'Clock Club?
Part Eight: Index and Biography

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Construction Law for Managers, Architects, and Engineers

Author: Nancy J Whit

The construction industry now has a clear, targeted resource for learning pertinent legal principles. Traditional books focus on general legal principles or general construction practices, while this book focuses on that critical place where the law and construction practices intersect. From labor law to contracts, property law to insurance, Construction Law for Managers, Architects, and Engineers uses real-world examples and clear, straightforward business language to transform complex legal jargon into relevant, applicable legal principles and strategies. This book serves as an ideal reference for managers, architects, engineers, construction executives, as well as a useful learning tool for students seeking the knowledge to succeed in these important fields.

Promoting Well Being or Loss Prevention in the Retail Business

Promoting Well-Being: Linking Personal, Organizational, and Community Change

Author: Isaac Prilleltensky

The only book that links psychological wellness with organizational and community health, Promoting Well-Being provides you with important insight into how these domains interact as well as strategies for helping clients harness the benefits of these interactions. It is an essential tool for psychologists, counselors, social workers, human service professionals, public health professionals, and students in these fields.

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: APPING WELL-BEING.

1. Webs of Wellness: The Sites of Well-Being.

2. Webs of Growth: the SPEC of Well-Being.

3. Webs of Values: The Morals of Well-Being.

4. Webs of Strategies: The Practice of Well-Being.

PART II: PERSONAL WELL-BEING.

5. What is It? Signs of Personal Well_being.

6. Where Does It Come From? Sources of Personal Well-Being.

7. How to Promote It? Strategies for Personal Well-Being.

PART III: ORGIATIONAL WELL-BEING.

8. What Is It? Signs of Organizational Well-Being.

9. Where Does It Come From? Sources of Organizational Well-Being.

10. How to Promote It? Strategies for Organizational Well-Being.

11. What Is It? Signs of Community Well-Being.

12. Where Does It Come From? Sources of Community Well-Being.

13. How to Promote It? Strategies for Community Well-Being.

PART V: CHALLENGS AND CONCLUSIONS.

14. Disability.

15. Injustice.

16. Arrogance, Complacency, and Blinders.

17. Conclusions.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

New interesting textbook:

Loss Prevention in the Retail Business

Author: Chris Thomas

Always be observant and alert, and act on what you see. If something doesn’t look or feel right, it’s probably not. This is the first piece of advice Rudolph Kimiecik and Chris Thomas offer in their new book, Loss Prevention in the Retail Business.   This book is based on a series of seminars given by coauthor Rudolph C. Kimiecik, a retail security and loss prevention specialist with more than 35 years of professional experience. It covers a wide range of critical loss prevention subjects, which have been tailored specifically to the retail trade. This text will help to hone retail management students’ sense of observation and alert them to the many ways people can steal from their businesses.

The Helping Professions or Proudhon

The Helping Professions: A Careers Sourcebook

Author: William R Burger

This handy book is a valuable resource for helping readers decide on a career path, this sourcebook provides essential background information on the scope of human services and the essential aspects involved in choosing a career.

Table of Contents:

	Preface	xi
	About the Authors	xv
Chapter 1	The Scope of Human Services	1
	General Focus and Roles of Human Service Workers	1
	Sponsorship of Agencies/Institutions	2
	Managed Care	3
	Types of Agencies/Institutions	4
	Whom Do You Help?	5
	The Elderly	5
	The Poor	6
	Juvenile Delinquents	7
	Criminals	8
	The Mentally Challenged	10
	Conclusion	12
Chapter 2	Are You Suited for the Field?	13
	Relationships	14
	Business Relationships	14
	Personal Relationships	14
	Competitive Relationships	15
	Professional Relationships	15
	The Helping Relationship	16
	Importance of Self-Concept	18
	Beliefs--Motivation	20
	Self-Exploration	20
	Qualities of an Effective Helper	21
	Listening	21
	Communicating Effectively	22
	Empathy	23
	Openness	23
	Support	23
	Acceptance	24
	What Does One Look for in a Career?	24
	Income	24
	Status	25
	Work Satisfaction	25
	Working Conditions	25
	What Do Human Services Organizations Look for in the Selecting Staff?	26
	Self-Awareness	26
	Values	26
	Motivation	26
	Skills/Training	27
	Education	27
	Experience	27
	Summary	27
	References	28
	Additional Reading	28
Chapter 3	Careers as a Generalist Worker	29
	What is Generalist Human Services Work?	29
	Why Choose Generalist Human Services Work?	30
	Development of Generalist Human Services Work: Career Trends	30
	What Does the Generalist Human Services Worker Do?	31
	A Day in the Life of a Generalist Human Services Worker	32
	How Does One Become a Generalist Human Services Worker?	33
	Licensing and Certification	35
	Salaries	35
	Job Descriptions	36
	Professional Organizations	37
	References	38
Chapter 4	Careers in Social Work	39
	What Is Social Work?	39
	Why Choose Social Work?	39
	Development of Social Work-Career Trends	40
	What Does a Social Worker Do?	41
	Direct Practice	42
	Supervision	43
	Administration	43
	Consultation	44
	Research	44
	Education	44
	A Day in the Life of a Social Worker	45
	How Does One Become a Social Worker?	46
	Bachelor's of Social Work Program	46
	Master's Degree in Social Work	47
	Doctoral Programs in Social Work	48
	Cyber Sources of Information	48
	Licensing and Certification/Credentials	48
	Salaries	49
	Job Descriptions	49
	Professional Organizations	50
	References	51
Chapter 5	Careers in Counseling	52
	What Is Counseling?	52
	Why Choose Counseling?	52
	Development of Counseling--Career Trends	53
	What Does the Counselor Do?	55
	Community Counseling	56
	Career Counseling	57
	Gerontological Counseling	58
	Marriage and Family Counseling/Therapy	59
	Rehabilitation Counseling	60
	School Counseling	61
	Mental Health Counseling	63
	Pastoral Counseling	63
	A Day in the Life of a Rehabilitation Counselor	64
	How Does One Become a Counselor?	65
	Graduate Training	66
	Licenses and Certification	66
	Salaries	67
	Job Descriptions	67
	Professional Organizations	69
	References	70
	Sources of Additional Information	71
	Newsletters	71
	Journals	71
Chapter 6	Careers in Psychology	73
	What Is Psychology?	73
	Why Choose Clinical Psychology?	74
	Development of Clinical Psychology--Career Trends	74
	What Does the Clinical Psychologist Do?	77
	Psychological Testing	77
	Research	77
	Psychotherapy	77
	Counseling	78
	Counseling Psychology	78
	School Psychology	79
	Community Psychology	80
	A Day in the Life of a Clinical Psychologist	80
	How Does One Become a Clinical Psychologist?	82
	Graduate Training	82
	Clinical Internship	83
	The Dissertation	83
	The Doctor of Psychology Degree (Psy.D.)	84
	The Ed.D. Degree	84
	The ABD Psychologist	84
	The Master's-Level Psychologist	85
	The Bachelor's-Level Psychologist	85
	Licensing and Certification	86
	Salaries	86
	Job Descriptions	87
	Professional Organizations	89
	References	89
	Sources of Additional Information	90
	Newsletters	90
	Journals	90
Chapter 7	Careers in Psychiatry	91
	What Is Psychiatry?	91
	Why Choose Psychiatry?	91
	Development of Psychiatry--Career Trends	91
	What Does the Psychiatrist Do?	94
	Psychiatric Treatment	94
	Medical Therapies	95
	The Psychiatrist As Leader	96
	Psychiatric Consultation	97
	Research	97
	Community Psychiatry	97
	A Day in the Life of a Psychiatrist	98
	How Does One Become a Psychiatrist?	99
	Selecting a College	99
	Applying to Medical School	100
	Medical School	101
	Residency	101
	Osteopathic Medical Schools	102
	Foreign Medical Schools	102
	Tuition	102
	Loans and Scholarships	103
	Certification	103
	Salaries	104
	Job Descriptions	104
	Professional Organizations	106
	References	107
Chapter 8	Careers in Therapeutic Recreation	108
	What Is Therapeutic Recreation?	108
	Why Choose Therapeutic Recreation?	108
	Development of Therapeutic Recreation--Career Trends	109
	What Does the Recreation Therapist Do?	110
	Supervision	111
	Consultation	111
	Research	112
	Education	112
	A Day in the Life of a Recreation Therapist	112
	How Does One Become a Recreation Therapist?	114
	Licensing and Certification	115
	Salaries	116
	Job Descriptions	116
	Professional Organizations	117
	References	118
	Sources of Additional Information	118
	Journals and Newsletters	118
Chapter 9	Careers in Art Therapy	119
	What Is Art Therapy?	119
	Why Choose Art Therapy?	119
	Development of Art Therapy--Career Trends	120
	What Does the Art Therapist Do?	122
	A Day in the Life of an Art Therapist	125
	How Does One Become an Art Therapist?	126
	Undergraduate Preparation	127
	Graduate Preparation	127
	Licensing and Certification	127
	Salaries	128
	Job Descriptions	128
	Professional Organizations	129
	References	130
Chapter 10	Careers in Dance/Movement Therapy	132
	What Is Dance/Movement Therapy?	132
	Why Choose Dance/Movement Therapy?	133
	Development of Dance/Movement Therapy--Career Trends	133
	What Does the Dance/Movement Therapist Do?	135
	A Day in the Life of a Dance/Movement Therapist	138
	How Does One Become a Dance/Movement Therapist?	139
	Undergraduate Preparation	139
	Graduate Preparation	140
	Licensing and Certification	141
	Salaries	141
	Job Descriptions	142
	Professional Organizations	143
	References	143
	Additional Sources of Information	144
	Journals	144
Chapter 11	Careers in Music Therapy	145
	What Is Music Therapy?	145
	Why Choose Music Therapy?	146
	Development of Music Therapy--Career Trends	147
	What Does the Music Therapist Do?	148
	A Day in the Life of a Music Therapist	151
	How Does One Become a Music Therapist?	153
	Undergraduate Preparation	153
	Graduate Preparation	153
	Licensing and Certification	154
	Salaries	154
	Job Descriptions	155
	Professional Organization	156
	References	156
	Index	158

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